China struggles to curb its reliance on US buyers, suppliers

JOE McDONALD The Associated Press

Sunday, September 2, 2018

BEIJING -- Faced with plunging U.S. orders, surgical glove maker Ren Jiding is hunting for new markets amid Chinese government calls to reduce reliance on the United States. But none can absorb the 60 percent of his sales that went to American customers last year.